This study determined and compared the characteristics of vertisol soils formed on three different parent materials (fluvial, basalt, marn). Within the framework of the study, three profile pits were dug and samples were collected. The analyses performed in the laboratory and thin section studies carried out under a microscope indicated that the profile of P1 is formed due to the transportation of fluvial materials and a small amount of basalt rocks in the South of the River Karamenderes, that the profile of P2 is formed due to the mud flows transported as a result of decomposition of basalt rocks, and that the profile of P3 is formed as a result of the transportation of mud flows by calcareous materials in the surrounding high hills. The formation of soils was also supported and interpreted by means of the data on mineral composition, which were obtained in the thin sections studies. The study revealed the importance of clay activity and thin sections studies in the identification of soil mechanisms formed on three different main materials.

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